Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition: Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition was the Inquisition acting in Spain under the control of the Kings of Spain. This Inquisition was the result of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Inquisition - Origin
The Aragonese Ferdinand was not above using religion as a means of controlling his people. He wanted the Jewish and Muslim religions wipe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Inquisition - Context
In the 15th century, Spain was not a single state but a confederation of realms, each with their own administrations, such as the Crown o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inquisition: Encyclopedia - Inquisition
The term Inquisition (Latin: Inquisitio Haereticae Pravitatis Sanctum Officium) refers broadly to a number of historical movements surrou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Legend: Encyclopedia - Black Legend
The anti-Spanish Black Legend (in Spanish, leyenda negra) is the depiction of Spain and Spaniards as bloodthirsty and cruel, greedy and f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cayetano Ripoll: Encyclopedia - Cayetano Ripoll
A poor schoolmaster from Valencia, Spain, who was garroted or hanged to death on 26 July 1826 for allegedly teaching Deist principles. He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Auto De Fe: Encyclopedia - Auto De Fe
The phrase auto de fe refers to the ritual of public penance or humiliation of condemned heretics and apostates that took place when the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Akelarre Navarre: Encyclopedia - Akelarre Navarre
Akelarre is the Basque name ("meadow of the he-goat") of a place in Zugarramurdi, Navarra, Spain. It is famous as the supposed meeting pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1484: Encyclopedia - 1484
1484 - Events. January 25 - Peter Arbues, chief of the Spanish Inquisition, is assassinated when he is praying in the cathedral at Sar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1480: Encyclopedia - 1480
1480 - Events. March 6 - Treaty of Toledo - Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize African conquests of Afonso of Portugal and he c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1691: Encyclopedia - 1691
1691 - Events. March 5 - French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons March 20 - Leis...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spanish Inquisition: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Spanish Inquisition
Spanish Inquisition A series of official Roman Catholic investigations, lasting from 1479 to 1814, to identify and condemn heretics, w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spanish Inquisition: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Spanish Inquisition
Spanish Inquisition A series of official Roman Catholic investigations, lasting from 1479 to 1814, to identify and condemn heretics, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medieval Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Medieval Inquisition - Inquisition Procedure
The papal inquisition developed a number of procedures to discover and prosecute heretics. Medieval Inquisition - Investigation. When a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Inquisition - History
There were four Inquisitions; in chronological order, they were the Medieval Inquisition, the Spanish Inquisition, the Portuguese Inquisi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Inquisition - History
There were four Inquisitions; in chronological order, they were the Medieval Inquisition, the Spanish Inquisition, the Portuguese Inquisi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medieval Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Medieval Inquisition - History
All medieval inquisitions were decentralized. Authority rested with local officials based on guidelines from the Pope, but there was no c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - History
There were four Inquisitions; in chronological order, they were the Medieval Inquisition, the Spanish Inquisition, the Portuguese Inquisi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - Spanish Society And The Inquisition 1516-1700
The Spanish Inquisition was formally launched during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, continued by their Habsburg successors, and only...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - Spanish Society And The Inquisition 1516-1700
The Spanish Inquisition was formally launched during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, continued by their Habsburg successors, and only...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Legend: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Legend - The Classic Sources
Exaggerated and lurid accounts of the Roman Catholic Inquisition in Spain were, in the 16th century and still today, principal sources fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin
The Inquisition was an institution within the Roman Catholic Church, charged with the eradication of heresies. Heresies (from Greek haere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Inquisition - Origin
The Inquisition was an institution within the Roman Catholic Church, charged with the eradication of heresies. Heresies (from Greek haere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - The Last Spanish Habsburgs 1643-1700
Supported by the French, the Catalonians, Neapolitans, and Portuguese rose up in revolt against the Spanish in the 1640s. With the Spanis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - The Spanish Bureaucracy 1516-1700
The Spanish received a massive influx of gold from the colonies in the New World as plunder when they were conquered, much of which Charl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - The Road To Rocroi 1626-1643
Olivares was a man sadly out of time; he realized that Spain needed to reform, and to reform it needed peace. The destruction of the Unit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - The Troubled King 1571-1598
The time for rejoicing in Madrid was short-lived. In 1566, Calvinist-led riots in the Spanish Netherlands (roughly equal to modern-day Ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - St. Quentin To Lepanto 1556-1571
Spain was not yet at peace, as the aggressive Henry II of France came to the throne in 1547 and immediately renewed the conflict with Spa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - God Is Spanish 1596-1626
Faced with wars against England, France, and the Netherlands, each led by extraordinarily capable leaders, already-bankrupted Spain was o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - An Emperor And A King 1521-1556
Charles’s victory at the Battle of Pavia, 1525, surprised many Italians and Germans and elicited concerns that Charles would endeavor t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - The Spanish Economy 1516-1700
Like most of Europe, Spain had suffered from famine and plague during the 14th and 15th centuries. By 1500, Europe was beginning to emerg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - The Beginnings Of The Empire 1504-1521
Spain as we know it today had first become united after the 1469 marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, and their su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - The Spanish Bureaucracy 1516-1700
The Spanish received a massive influx of gold from the colonies in the New World as plunder when they were conquered, much of which Charl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - The Road To Rocroi 1626-1643
Olivares was a man sadly out of time; he realized that Spain needed to reform, and to reform it needed peace. The destruction of the Unit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - The Troubled King 1571-1598
The time for rejoicing in Madrid was short-lived. In 1566, Calvinist-led riots in the Spanish Netherlands (roughly equal to modern-day Ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - St. Quentin To Lepanto 1556-1571
Spain was not yet at peace, as the aggressive Henry II of France came to the throne in 1547 and immediately renewed the conflict with Spa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - The Beginnings Of The Empire 1504-1521
Spain as we know it today had first become united after the 1469 marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, and their su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - The Spanish Economy 1516-1700
Like most of Europe, Spain had suffered from famine and plague during the 14th and 15th centuries. By 1500, Europe was beginning to emerg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - The Last Spanish Habsburgs 1643-1700
Supported by the French, the Catalonians, Neapolitans, and Portuguese rose up in revolt against the Spanish in the 1640s. With the Spanis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Legend: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Legend - Black Legend In The United States Of America
In his book Tree of Hate, Philip Wayne Powell wrote that the United States of America inherited the Black Legend from the British coloniz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - Spanish Art And Culture 1516-1700
Main article: Spanish Golden Age The Spanish Golden Age was a flourishing period of arts and letters in Spain which spanned roughly from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Legend: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Legend - White Legend
In contrast to the Black Legend is the so-called White Legend (in Spanish, "leyenda rosa", literally "rosy” legend). Advocates of the B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - God Is Spanish 1596-1626
Faced with wars against England, France, and the Netherlands, each led by extraordinarily capable leaders, already-bankrupted Spain was o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Legend: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Legend - The Enlightenment
Guillaume Thomas François Raynal published in 1770 his most important work, L'Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements et...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Legend: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Legend - Romantic Travellers
In the 19th Century, many writers, such as Washington Irving, Prosper Mérimée, George Sand, and Theophile Gautier, invented a mythical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Habsburg Spain - An Emperor And A King 1521-1556
Charles’s victory at the Battle of Pavia, 1525, surprised many Italians and Germans and elicited concerns that Charles would endeavor t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Congregation For The Doctrine Of The Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Congregation For The Doctrine Of The Faith - History
On July 21, 1542 Pope Paul III, with the Constitution Licet ab initio, established the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Unive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Inquisition Myth: Encyclopedia Ii - The Inquisition Myth - Introduction
The Inquisition Myth - Significant Works. The two most significant and extensively cited sources of the modern analysis concerning the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Inquisition Myth: Encyclopedia Ii - The Inquisition Myth - The Inquisitions In Spain
The Inquisition Myth - Anti-Semitism & The Conversos. Anti-Semitic attitudes increased all over Europe during the late thirteenth c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Salamanca: Encyclopedia Ii - University Of Salamanca - History
The university was founded as a "General School of the kingdom" by the Leonese king Alfonso IX in 1218 to allow the Leonese people to stu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flamenco: Encyclopedia Ii - Flamenco - Flamenco History
Many of the details of the development of flamenco are lost in Spanish history. There are several reasons for this lack of historical evi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marrano: Encyclopedia Ii - Marrano - Dispersion
The Marranos, who were constantly threatened and persecuted by the Inquisition, tried in every way to leave the country, either in bands ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Burning Times: Pagan Wicca Dictionary On Burning Times
Burning Times - From the Spanish Inquisition thorugh the last instnaces of persecution and witch killings. from circa 1000 Ce through ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morisco: Encyclopedia Ii - Morisco - Background
From the late 1400s to the early 1600s Moors (Iberian Muslims) were forced to convert from Islam to Catholicism. The Moriscos were expell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crypto-judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Crypto-judaism - Europe
The many Marranos (in the Balearic Islands, Chuetas), who publicly professed Catholicism but privately adhered to Judaism during the Span...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eighty Years' War: Encyclopedia Ii - Eighty Years' War - Background To The War
Eighty Years' War - Spanish interests. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, was born in Ghent in 1500, and raised in the County of Flanders. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eighty Years' War: Encyclopedia Ii - Eighty Years' War - Background To The War
Eighty Years' War - Spanish interests. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, was born in Ghent in 1500, and raised in the County of Flanders. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zaragoza: Encyclopedia Ii - Zaragoza - History
Zaragoza was the scene of two famous martyrdoms: those of Saint Dominguito del Val, a choirboy in the basilica, and Pedro de Arbués, an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eighty Years' War: Encyclopedia Ii - Eighty Years' War - The War
Eighty Years' War - William the Silent. In 1568, William I of Orange (William the Silent), stadtholder of the provinces Holland, Zeelan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eighty Years' War: Encyclopedia Ii - Eighty Years' War - The War
Eighty Years' War - William the Silent. In 1568, William I of Orange (William the Silent), stadtholder of the provinces Holland, Zeelan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shavei Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Shavei Israel - Goals
Shavei Israel is mostly known for its activities around the world in search for the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, most notably for its work ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Latin America: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Latin America - Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is currently home to the largest Jewish community in the Caribbean, around 3,000 Jews, supporting three synagogues: one each ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peninsular War: Encyclopedia Ii - Peninsular War - Consequences In Spain
The new King Joseph was cheered initially by Spanish afrancesados ("Frenchified"), who believed that collaboration with France would brin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia Ii - Syncretism - Social And Political Roles
Overt syncretism in folk belief is a sign of cultural acceptance of an alien or previous tradition, but the "other" cult may survive or i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isabella Of Castile: Encyclopedia Ii - Isabella Of Castile - Isabella And Contemporay Politics And Religion
In the twentieth century, the regime of Francisco Franco claimed the prestige of the Catholic Monarchs. As a result, Isabella was despise...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marrano: Encyclopedia Ii - Marrano - Types Of Marranos
The Marranos and their descendants may be divided into three categories. The first of these is composed of those who, devoid of any real ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marrano: Encyclopedia Ii - Marrano - In Portugal
The Portuguese Marranos or Cristãos Novos clung much more faithfully and steadfastly than their Spanish brethren to the religion of thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dominic De Guzman: Encyclopedia Ii - Dominic De Guzman - Life
Dominic (in Spanish, Domingo) was born in Caleruega, half-way between Osma and Aranda in Old Castile, Spain at the castle of the Guzmáns...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Religious Antisemitism
Anti-Semitism - Anti-Judaism in the New Testament. Christian theology rooted in Roman Catholic theology was stimulated by the tradition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monterrey: Encyclopedia Ii - Monterrey - History
In the mid 1500s, the area was unexplored by the Spanish and known as Extremadura Valley. Several unsuccessful expeditions led by Alberto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mid-nineteenth Century Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Mid-nineteenth Century Spain - Decada Ominosa 1823-1833
Immediately following the restoration of absolutist rule in Spain, King Ferdinand embarked on a policy intended to restore old conservati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monterrey: Encyclopedia Ii - Monterrey - History
In the mid 1500s, the area was unexplored by the Spanish and known as Extremadura Valley. Several unsuccessful expeditions led by Alberto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Earliest Antisemitism
The earliest occurrence of antisemitism has received much investigation. Peter Schafer has argued that antisemitism was first spread by "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - De Castro Family: Encyclopedia Ii - De Castro Family - Felix De Castro
Spanish physician, lived at Agramunt in the first quarter of the 18th century On 30th November 1725, he was condemned by the Inquisition ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - Evangelism
Christianity encourages proselytism — convincing others to convert to the religion; many Christian organizations send missionaries to n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Anti-semitism And The Muslim World
Anti-Semitism within Islam is discussed in the article on Islam and anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism in the Arab World is discussed in the ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monty Python's Flying Circus: Encyclopedia Ii - Monty Python's Flying Circus - Most Famous Sketches
The troupe's best-known sketches include: The Dead Parrot sketch The Lumberjack Song Nudge Nudge The Ministry of Silly Walks Spam The Sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Anti-semitism And Anti-zionism
Anti-Zionism is a term that has been used to describe several very different political and religious points of view (both historically an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Anti-semitism In The 21st Century
According to the 2005 U.S. State Department Report on Global Anti-Semitism, anti-Semitism in Europe has increased significantly in recent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Science: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Science - The Scientific Revolution
Modern science in Europe began in a period of great upheaval. The Protestant Reformation, the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monty Python's Flying Circus: Encyclopedia Ii - Monty Python's Flying Circus - Most Famous Sketches
The troupe's best-known sketches include: The Dead Parrot sketch The Lumberjack Song Nudge Nudge The Ministry of Silly Walks Spam The Sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Anti-semitism And The Muslim World
Anti-Semitism within Islam is discussed in the article on Islam and anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism in the Arab World is discussed in the ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Anti-semitism And Anti-zionism
Anti-Zionism is a term that has been used to describe several very different political and religious points of view (both historically an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rise Of Islam In Algeria: Encyclopedia Ii - Rise Of Islam In Algeria - European Offensive
The final triumph of the 700-year Christian reconquest of Spain, marked by the fall of Granada in 1492, was accompanied by the forced con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Anti-semitism In The 21st Century
According to the 2005 U.S. State Department Report on Global Anti-Semitism, anti-Semitism in Europe has increased significantly in recent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Forced Conversions And The New Christians 1391-1492
The year 1391 forms a turning-point in the history of the Spanish Jews. The persecution was the immediate forerunner of the Inquisition, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elizabeth Morgan: Encyclopedia Ii - Elizabeth Morgan - Recent Career
Morgan now practises medicine back in the United States in the Washington, D.C. area, having also gained a degree in psychology. She oper...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Anti-semitism And The Muslim World
Anti-Semitism within Islam is discussed in the article on Islam and anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism in the Arab World is discussed in the ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Etymology And Usage
The word antisemitic (antisemitisch in German) was probably first used in 1860 by the Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider in the phrase ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Burning Times: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Burning Times
BURNING TIMES – 1. The time from the Spanish Inquisition through the last outbursts of persecution and witch killings in the mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Spain - Forced Conversions And The New Christians 1391-1492
The year 1391 forms a turning-point in the history of the Spanish Jews. The persecution was the immediate forerunner of the Inquisition, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Italy: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Italy - Expulsion From Naples
The ultra-Catholic party tried with all the means at its disposal to introduce the Inquisition into the Neapolitan realm, then under Span...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Etymology And Usage
The word antisemitic (antisemitisch in German) was probably first used in 1860 by the Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider in the phrase...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-semitism - Etymology And Usage
The word antisemitic (antisemitisch in German) was probably first used in 1860 by the Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider in the phrase ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - De Castro Family: Encyclopedia Ii - De Castro Family - Leon Hayim De Castro
Ladino editor, lived in the 19th century Editor of the Spanish (Ladino) periodical, published at Constantinople in 1853, under the title ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - De Castro Family: Encyclopedia Ii - De Castro Family - Jose Rodrigues De Castro
Christian rabbinic scholar, librarian, born in Spain in 1739, died about 1795 Appointed royal librarian to Charles III and Charles IV, he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Inquisition - The Inquisition And The Expulsion Of The Jews
See also: History of the Jews in Spain Ferdinand and Isabella appointed Tomás de Torquemada in 1481 to investigate and punish conversos ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Inquisition - Operation Of The Inquistion
Sixtus IV died in 1484, and was succeeded by Pope Innocent VIII. Innocent twice issued bulls asking for greater mercy and leniency for th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Inquisition - Death Tolls
Numbers are difficult to establish with accuracy for the Spanish Inquistion, and there is an ongoing debate between recent historical res...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Inquisition: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Inquisition - Torture Techniques Used
According to a joint BBC/A&E production called "Myths of the Spanish Inquisition" (1994), torture chambers did not exist during the S...   » Read the article